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Plastic Welding custom brackets 2017-08-13 02:05:28 Post No. 1226836
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Hello! I've worked with wood a lot but want to try something new.... Plastic! I know I can get a hot air plastic welder and some sheets easily. I know the actual act looks easy....but.... How can I tell how strong a weld will be?
I want to make an outlet cover to hold a phone and something to hold my PS3 on the wall. I want to make sure the PS3 won't just fall off the wall or give from heat. Help?
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Plastic welding is good for superficial and cosmetic work . I wouldn't expect it to support a load reliably.
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There's tons of commercial brackets that are plastic.... How can I make those? Perhaps welding is the wrong word.
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Are you perhaps looking for 3D printing?
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Now, you could solvent-weld a lot of plastics, but thermal welding is mostly good for patching things and not very aesthetic.
Whatever you try to do, double it.
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>thermal welding is mostly good for patching things and not very aesthetic.
used to work for a company that made huge industrial machines out of 1cm thick PVC. they used long slivers of PVC to make the weld, using hot air to weld the joints; just like you would with a metal welder. it makes for very strong machines as long as everything is butted to something else; no cantilevered elements.
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